SINGAPORE ADDS SECOND LNG BUNKER TANKER
FueLNG, a joint venture between Sembcorp subsidiary Keppel O&M and Shell Singapore, has named its newest addition to the fleet, the LNG bunker vessel ‘FueLNG Venosa’, at a ceremony at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. Aw Kah Peng,...
FLOATING HYDROGEN FACILITY GAINS ABS AiP
Australia’s Provaris Energy has been granted approval in principle (AiP) by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its gaseous hydrogen floating storage concept, H2Leo. The unit has a design capacity range of 300t to 600t of hydrogen, expandable to up to 2,000t....
ULSTEIN U-STERN DESIGN SAVES FUEL AND EMISSIONS IN DP OPERATION
Ship designer Ulstein Design & Solutions is introducing a safer, smarter and more competitive solution for transporting, upending and installing increasingly-large monopiles for the offshore wind industry on Dynamic Positioning (DP). The patent-pending U-Stern...
CORVUS BATTERY SYSTEM FOR US HYBRID FERRY RETROFIT
Corvus Energy has been selected by Alcatraz City Cruises to supply the battery system for retrofitting to the ‘Hornblower Hybrid NY’ passenger ferry. Within the US, California is leading the nation in emissions reduction initiatives and within the US...
SECOND HYBRID WTIV ORDERED FROM CIMC RAFFLES
CIMC Raffles and Norway’s Havfram have confirmed and signed a second EPC shipbuilding Contract for a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV), to be used for transportation and installation services in European wind farms. The shipyard says that this project...
SURVEY LOOKS TO A MULTI-FUEL FUTURE FOR SHIPPING
The Global Maritime Forum, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, and the Mærsk Mc Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have conducted a survey of major shipping companies, with analytical support by McKinsey & Company. The survey was...
ClassNK RELEASES GUIDELINES FOR WIND-ASSISTED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems for Ships (Edition 2.0)’, which specifies requirements for ensuring the safety of ships equipped with wind-assisted propulsion systems based on the latest insights obtained from the...
ERMA FIRST WHITE PAPER SAYS SHORE POWER COUNTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL
Greece-based greentech company Erma First has published a new white paper which presents alternative maritime power solutions as the key to greener ports as the regulatory landscape increasingly favours shore power capabilities. The new white paper Alternative...